The younger son of a working-class Jewish family in Montreal, Duddy Kravitz yearns to make a name for himself in society. Read More »
Tag Archives: Canada
M. Butterfly (1993) David Cronenberg, Jeremy Irons, John Lone, Barbara Sukowa
During the Cultural Revolution in China in the mid-1960s, a French diplomat falls in love with a singer in the Beijing Opera. Read More »
Ticket to Heaven (1981) Ralph L. Thomas, Nick Mancuso, Saul Rubinek, Meg Foster
David is a young man seduced by a religious cult that uses starvation, exhaustion Read More »
Time of the Hunt AKA Le temps d’une chasse (1972) Francis Mankiewicz, Guy L’Ecuyer, Marcel Sabourin, Pierre Dufresne
Willy, Richard, and Lionel, three blue-collar friends from Montreal East, leave the city and travel to the countryside for a weekend of hunting. Read More »
Dreams of Dust AKA Rêves de poussière (2006) Laurent Salgues, Makena Diop, Adama Ouédraogo, Rasmané Ouédraogo
A Nigerian peasant comes looking for work in Essakane, a dusty gold mine in Northeast Burkina Faso, where he hopes to forget the past that haunts him. Read More »
Lost and Delirious (2001) Léa Pool, Piper Perabo, Jessica Paré, Mischa Barton
Lost and Delirious is the story of three adolescent girls’ first love, their discovery of sexual passion, and their search for identities. Read More »
Nikki, Wild Dog of the North (1961) Jack Couffer, Don Haldane, Jean Coutu, Émile Genest, Uriel Luft
A family film about Nikki, a half-wolf, half-dog raised in the Yukon during the gold rush era. Read More »
Death Nurse (1987) Nick Millard, Priscilla Alden, Albert Eskinazi, Royal Farros
Murderous, overweight nurse Edith and her brother run a medical clinic out of their suburban home Read More »
My American Cousin (1985) Sandy Wilson, Margaret Langrick, John Wildman, Richard Donat
Adding an intriguing Canadian twist to a universally appealing story of teenage trials Read More »
The Reflecting Skin (1990) Philip Ridley, Viggo Mortensen, Lindsay Duncan, Jeremy Cooper
A young boy tries to cope with rural life circa 1950s and his fantasies become a way to interpret events. Read More »
Karmen Gei AKA Karmen Geï (2001) Joseph Gaï Ramaka, Djeïnaba Diop Gaï, Magaye Niang, Stephanie Biddle
Bizet’s Carmen gets a modern adaptation. Seducting, provocating, sensual. All the ingredients for a perfect drama. With her charm, Karmen gets out of many situations. Read More »
Running Brave (1983) Donald Shebib, Robby Benson, Pat Hingle, Claudia Cron
The story of Billy Mills, the American Indian that came from obscurity, to win the 10,000 meter long distance foot race in the Tokyo Olympics. Read More »
Dinner at Fred’s (1997) Shawn Thompson, Gil Bellows, Parker Posey, Kevin McDonald
Richard leaves his corporate office for a weekend at the country house of his fiancé, who is his boss’ daughter. Read More »
The Dark Side of the Heart AKA El lado oscuro del corazó (1992) Eliseo Subiela, Darío Grandinetti, Sandra Ballesteros, Nacha Guevara
Oliveiro is a young poet living in Buenos Aires where sometimes he has to sell his ideas to an advertising agency Read More »
Samurai Cowboy (1994) Michael Keusch, Hiromi Gô, Catherine Mary Stewart, Robert Conrad
When his best friend dies of an heart attack due to permanent stress at work, the Japanese businessman Yutaka Soto Read More »